Democratic Presidential Nominee Obama backtracked a little on his challenge to the SC today:

"Well, first of all, let me be very specific. We have not seen a Court overturn a law that was passed by Congress on a economic issue, like health care, that I think most people would clearly consider commerce -- a law like that has not been overturned at least since Lochner. Right? So we’re going back to the ’30s, pre New Deal."

In a campaign speech at the Associated Press luncheon, he attacked the heartless Republicans and promised to fight to his utmost for the middle class, the poor, the children, the disabled, the uninsured, the lepers, etc.

But to give credit where due, he was well prepared to dance around the fact that he will do all this with "boatloads" of borrowed money.

He's got a good con down pat. Romney better be ready. I'm not sure he's up to it.

A whopping 42 percent for the guy who has already won the nomination. What a ringing endorsement.

And what a dog of boilerplate that Romney read off the teleprompter, with that Obama-trademarked look to one side, look to the other side, look in the middle, repeat, and all the passion of some reader on National Public Radio.

I liked Romney's speech in Milwakee. It was serious, well written (I listened to every word to critique it) and delivered well. The perfect antidote to Obama’s sham hope and change is Romney’s sincerity and seriousness. Santorum should get out.

Huge turnout in Wisconsin. Hope this bodes well for Scott Walker (and Romney in the general election).

Santorum can take comfort in handily beating Romney in Democrat votes tonight-- getting votes from the most liberal Democrats in the most liberal areas. That's quite a victory. (Bender, you might want to look more closely at the breakdown and significance of the numbers you're adducing.)

Subtract the Milwaukee area (which, being urban, I assume is liberal), and Santorum wins the state.

Why the hell does that matter? Is there some rumor out there that residents of urban areas like Milwaukee won't be voting in the fall?

A vote's a vote, Bender, for Pete's sake.

And by the way, when you say the "Milwaukee area," you're referring to a lot of suburban areas that my sense is would tend to be more conservative. Besides, how many "liberals" in Milwaukee would be voting in the GOP primary.

Face it, Santorum's run is over. Some admire him. It's a cute story that the non-RINOs can tell their kids. But Romney is the GOP nominee. Santorum's continued campaign is destructive to what you say you stand for.

According those those polled in CNNs exit polling, 11% of the voters polled self-identified as Democrats. 44% of those voted for Santorum. Santorum got the "Against Walker" voters and the "Strongly Against Tea Party" voters.

Yeah, Romney is awesome. I can see why everyone is so excited and can't stop celebrating.

Except that, instead of you actually celebrating Romney and being happy that he won, you all get more excited bitching and moaning and whining about me and others who see Romney for the dud that he is.

If Romney really was something, no one would be able to rain on his parade. But even the slightest criticism of him becomes a shower on his parade because he is so very weak.

Don't bitch to me about pointing that out. Bitch to Romney and to yourselves for putting us all in this situation.

Santorum's most reliable primary voters are cross over dems and evangelicals. In the general election, the evangelicals will vote GOP over Obama. Getting the support of dem saboteurs is a negative, not a positive.

Santorum, by saying it would be better to reelect Obama than elect Romney, has disqualified himself as a GOP prez nominee. That was just an incredibly stupid remark. By coming out against birth control, Santorum needlessly and stupidly alienated women voters. By promising to "do something" about porn, Santorum needlessly and stupidly alienated porn fans.

Santorum is a social conservative but is not an economic or constitutional conservative. If you believe in federalism, as Romney does, you don't think the fed gov needs to be passing laws for/against gay marriage, birth control, porn or other social conservative issues. Leave it up to the individual states.

Romney may not be the perfect GOP prez nominee (who is?) but everything is relative, Romney is the best choice of the current crew of GOP candidates.

Romney is going to be the GOP prez nominee in an extremely important election, it is time for GOP voters to unite behind him.

What edutcher said at 9:03. Clearly Mr Obama has never played poker. He might be able to carry off some his bullshit if he understood poker strategies. Now Harry Truman? he was a poker player. I knew Harry Truman and Mr Obama: you are no Harry Truman. Looks like the 5th circuit called his bluff.

the only reason Wisconsin is so close is that Santorum benefited from last-minute decisions by liberal Democrats to vote in the GOP primary, something the Badger State (which does not have partisan registration) permits. Santorum heavily carried the 11 percent of the electorate who said they were Democrats, the 12 percent who said they strongly oppose the Tea Party, and the 14 percent who strongly disapprove of Governor Scott Walker. Needless to say, there are not many states where liberal Democratic votes can deliver a Republican primary win.

If Romney really was something, no one would be able to rain on his parade. But even the slightest criticism of him becomes a shower on his parade because he is so very weak.

There are a lot of things I might do instead of celebrating Romney's victory. Especially since, basically, the victory happened about three weeks ago, except Santorum's ego won't let him acknowledge that he's beaten. This has real consequences.

So long as you keep playing with your pet candidate, you and others like you are encouraging what is a destructive fantasy -- e.g. destructive to the cause of beating Obama. Money is not endless, voters' attention is not endless, and Santorum is greedily sucking up an unwarranted share of it at this point.

But I'm happy to celebrate Romney. He is not a dud. He is brainy and focused on economic and fiscal issues while having sufficient credibility as an upright, moral family man to keep the social conservatives in the tent. He's been a success at everything he's tried. He'll be a killer in a debate with Obama. He's not perfect -- he is perhaps all wrong for those conservatives like you who seem especially needy for an emotional boost this year. He comes off like a very smart, very rich guy who knows he could kick ass if given the chance. If you're the guy who's ass is going to be kicked -- yeah, he's not trying to make you feel better. Other pols are better at feeling your pain. But that said, I am excited about him. I think he can win. And that's what needs to happen.